Christian Wealth: Make it Personal

Every year on the Friday before Easter, the church I attend has an evening event called Project G.O.O.D.  It serves for several purposes, with the more promoted reason being that all church members and partners can come together and assist the ministry in satisfying the debts of its creditors.  The biblical foundation of this event is pulled from two main places in biblical scripture (although arguments supporting it can be found throughout the Bible): Luke 6:38 and 1 Chronicles 29.  If you're familiar with Luke 6, you can understand why this scripture is the more popular one that tags the event....as most people what something in return when they give anything.  But the story in 1 Chronicles 29 explains the intended motive of the art of giving; as the Israelites, led by King David, gave deliberately and generously for the honor of God, for the benefit of the entire nation, and not for themselves (at least to where it was so obvious that it could be recorded).  The eternal principle of God proved faithful as after that event the young country experienced exponential growth in finance, resources, and production that positively impacted most of the population.  Things tangibly got better.  Now, the thought that's usually pushed in situations like relies heavily on the spiritual component...which is crudely captured now by the statement "won't He do it."  But I believe it's something more practical than the opening of the windows of Heaven.  And I think it involves personal responsibility for others.

Spousal Abuse: The Forgotten Marriage Ministry Topic

I believe that when a person is able to remember where they were or what they were doing when a certain event...whether joyous or traumatic...occurs, that it speaks more about the impact that event made on their life that day instead of the magnitude of the event itself.  Although 9/11 was obviously one of the worst days in American history, if you weren't there or had a family member there...it was probably more about how the world looked to you right at the moment when you got the news and how you believed your world would continue.  You knew you changed, even if just a little, because the event was so pivotal, so poignant.  You could've been a foreign student from a U.S. ally on the way back in a couple weeks.  It still changed you.  It was that important.  I'd be interested to know how many Christians, Christian leaders mores specifically, will remember where they were when they heard gospel music icon James Fortune plead guilty to assaulting his wife.